{"product_id":"1vb312-t-antique-venetian-1mm-hex-bugle-transparent-luster-clear-2-10-grams","title":"1VB312-T: Antique Venetian 1mm Hex Bugle Transparent Luster Clear #2 - 10 Grams","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAntique SVC Venetian Hex Bugle 1mm — Transparent Luster Clear #2\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenuine Venetian hex bugles from old Società Veneziana Conterie warehouse stock, in Clear #2 with a transparent luster finish. At 1mm these are the shortest bugle SVC made — barely longer than they are wide, closer in scale to a seed bead than to the long fringe bugles most people picture. The glass is colorless, and the luster coating gives it a soft pearl sheen with a faint warm ivory cast, so a dish of them reads as candlelight rather than ice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe hex cut is what earns these their keep. Instead of a smooth round tube, each bead carries flat lengthwise facets, and on clear glass with a luster coating those facets behave like tiny mirrors — catching light at different angles as a piece moves and throwing back far more sparkle than a round bugle of the same color could. Massed together the effect is closer to cut crystal than to glass beadwork.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClear is the most versatile thing in a bead drawer and the most underrated. It picks up whatever sits behind it, so the same beads read warm over gold thread and cool over silver; it lightens a dense color block without introducing a competing hue; and in fringe it disappears into movement, leaving only the flash. For restoration work, a lustered clear is distinct from a plain transparent crystal of the same size — the sheen is visible side by side, and a plain crystal will read flatter next to original material.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSizing note:\u003c\/strong\u003e The original acquisition card designates this lot as a 1mm hex bugle. Antique beads are measured from original stock and sizing is approximate; length in particular varies more in bugles than in seed beads, since they were cut from drawn cane. We recommend pre-sorting before count-critical work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRAIRIE EDGE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54061377781955,"sku":"1VB312-T","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/7397\/5491\/files\/1VB312-T.jpg?v=1785990110","url":"https:\/\/www.shipwreckbeads.com\/products\/1vb312-t-antique-venetian-1mm-hex-bugle-transparent-luster-clear-2-10-grams","provider":"Shipwreck Beads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}